Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27248965-20171007071507/@comment-30804097-20171007161852

Weather Synchronize wrote:

TrinityFlare wrote: The thing is that most of us have already caught up to the 7th Gym and now just want to find the actual evolved form instead of getting the base form to get more Pokedex.

Our question is why would we catch the base form instead of getting the evolved form when both are available with pretty much the same rarity? If you catch the base form and evolve it, you won't miss out on the base form's entry. It also conserves your PC space the best. It is redundant to have a Starly and another Staravia or Staraptor in your PC -- why not just catch a Starly and evolve it all the way? This is because first of all, it would take more time to evolve, and some evolutions require items or trade, which is just not worth the time or money just to have less PC Space.

Next, you can just release the Pokemon that are trashy and you would never use, conserving your PC Space and time. Sure, it spends Pokeballs, but it's easier to get money for Pokeballs than to level up Pokemon.

Finally, a lot of Pokemon Trainers don't really need Pokedex entries and are ignorant about that.